Podcasts Pune

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The seventh episode of "Phakta Ladh Mhana" features Indrajeet Deshmukh who runs a de-addiction and rehabilitation center in Balewadi, Pune called "Practical Life Skills Farm". He is also one of the co-founders of "Santulan," a program which helps addicts kick the habit and provides them with employment opportunities as well. A couple of decades ago, Indrajeet fell prey to the "powder", i.e. br...

The sixth episode of "Phakta Ladh Mhana" features Kailas Mali who is an autorickshaw driver by profession. What makes him unique is that, for the last seventeen years, Kailas Mali has been ferrying differently-abled citizens of Pune for FREE in his rickshaw for the last seventeen years. He also runs Sahara Ashram Sanstha through which he donates a lot of stuff to the poor and needy. For someon...

The fifth episode of "Phakta Ladh Mhana" features not one but three heroes who have come together for a unique cause. Nitin Jirafe, Namita Sapre and Pritam Gandhi, a.k.a the Sparsh group, are trying to give street-kids a better life by motivating them to go to - and stay in - their respective schools. There are quite a few organizations who are attempting to educate street-kids with the hope o...

In this fourth episode of "Phakta Ladh Mhana," we took a turn away from the beaten path and talked to Padmini Stump, who runs "Mission: Possible," a shelter where sick and weak stray animals are cared for, nurtured and then given up for adoption. In March 2006, Padmini Stump suffered a loss so heart-breaking that she almost lost her will to live. Then, a miracle happened. Then, more miracles f...

The third episode of "Phakta Ladh Mhana" features Pradeep Lokhande of 'Rural Relations', an organization that aims to empower the villages of India. In 1993, Pradeep Lokhande started 'Rural Relations', hoping to capture a unique niche - a niche that everyone was talking about but also a niche that no one was doing much to explore - viz. the villages of India. What started as a commercial ventu...

The second episode of "Phakta Ladh Mhana" crossed paths with National Road Safety week. So, decided to focus on people whose lives have changed radically as a result of road accidents, viz. Pradeep Niphadkar, Neha Charati & Dadarao Bhilore. Each of them lost a loved one to a road accident, that - like most accidents - could have been avoided. Instead of blaming things like fate, the system, th...

In the first-ever episode of "Phakta Ladh Mhana" we take a look at the story of Dr. Ganesh Rakh, who is, in our opinion (almost) single-handedly responsible for the tectonic shift in the attitudes towards the birth of a girl-child in Pune and Maharashtra. At his Medicare Multi-specialty Hospital in Hadapsar, not only does he waive off the delivery charges for the birth of a girl-child but he al...

Yesterday, an Indian minister, while answering questions in the state parliament, said, "Foreign bulls have dheela character..." Well, if that is true, then Indian cows are at risk from these foreign bulls, so we asked the women of Pune for their opinions on how Indian cows can deal with the 'dheela character' foreign bulls. Why women? Because, they are subjected to similar advice whenever su...

Yogeshwar Dutt's London 2012 medal was upgraded from Bronze to Silver yesterday. Today, however, he posted on his social networks saying that he wants his Silver Medal to remain where it is... o_O#Shrikant #MH935 #RedFM #Pune #BajaateRaho #YogeshwarDutt #SilverMedal

Around 5.5 lac candidates applied for a mere 3000-odd posts of safaai workers in Lucknow...#SahiBoltaHai #Shrikant #MH935 #RedFM #Pune #BajaateRaho

Festivals these days are celebrated with much enthusiasm and fervor there is a lot of lights, music, dance that happens during most festive events.The question is, have we selfishly moulded festivities to suit our needs and desires? Is there a need to further upgrade them? Or is there a need to go back to the way things were?